Enjoy Your Mornings 1/9/2025

 Good Morning,

I have a hot cup of Door County Cherry Crème Coffee with me and two sleepy Springer Spaniels warming my feet. It is time to write. 

I am definitely at my best in the morning. I wake up and hit the floor with prayer and a hot cup of some type of Door County Coffee 90% of the time. Nothing really gets me to alter my routine. I start my prayers with being thankful for another day. I am then thankful for my family, friends, our home and the blessings of our meals and provisions.  I may or may not eat something for breakfast. 

Psalm 143:8 ESV Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

I then feed our dogs and get them outside. After they run around a little bit, they are usually asleep when I trek upstairs to the den to write my blog. If by chance I am doing something that day that requires me to leave the house earlier, I don't rush my wake up process. I just start it earlier. 

When I was in the workforce and before I retired, I still made time to launch my day in this fashion. Before I take that first sip of coffee, I preheat the mug with hot water and then I pour a hot cup of coffee. Then I microwave the coffee for 22 seconds to add just a little more heat to it. For the longest time the extra power was 19 seconds. This new microwave calls for 22 seconds. Then the coffee is perfect in my mind. 

You are reading this and thinking that I am a we bit touched in the head. What life has taught me is this. Start your day with prayer. Read a a little devotional ( Word Of God). Each day has an element of surprise to it, good or bad. Make sure to prepare your heart for the day. You just never know what or who will come your way. Paste on that smile and be approachable. Make your mornings work for you so you can take on the day with a smile and gusto. 

My point is this. The old world spins faster and faster each day.  Before it really gets hectic, enjoy your morning, it is a gift from God. 

God bless,

Marty